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Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

Section 70, NI Act: Presentment where no exclusive place specified

Pundora · Published 3 October 2026

Section 70 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, in the Act's own words.

The section

70. Presentment where no exclusive place specified.

A promissory note or bill of exchange, not made payable as mentioned in sections 68 and 69, must be presented for payment at the place of business (if any), or at the usual residence, of the maker, drawee or acceptor thereof, as the case may be.

The text is India Code's consolidated text as loaded into Pundora's statute corpus on 1 September 2026. A section quoted in a draft checked by Pundora is checked against this text.

Sources

  1. India Code: Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, section 70 (read 1 September 2026)

The Act's own words, from India Code. If the text here differs from the Gazette, the Gazette governs; write to contact@pundora.in and it will be corrected and dated.